Re: [Gramps-users] Place Cleanup Gramplet preferences

[Richard T. <ric...@gm...>]

Thanks Paul! I think that about covers my questions for now.

On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 11:47 AM Paul Culley <pau...@gm...> wrote:

> Regarding IDs; there is a definite advantage to using the GEO IDs; if they
> are used the tool can much more easily find places when it comes time to
> enclose a place.  It would reduce your work a bit.
>
> It is not necessary to change the Gramps ID settings; they will still be
> used if you manually (or on import) create a new place.  The Place Cleanup
> tool will replace them with GEO IDs when you accept the values from the
> tool.  Gramps doesn't care if you have a mix.  And the 5.1.x Reorder ID
> tool is smart enough to NOT renumber the GEO IDs unless you specifically
> want it to.
>
> As always it is usually a good idea to make a backup or at least a copy of
> your tree (by using a backup) for experimentation.  You might not like how
> the tool works, or might determine that some alternate settings of
> languages or something would suit your purposes better.
>
> Paul C.
>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:59 PM Richard Troxel <ric...@gm...>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Brian!
>> I have not shared my database as of this time. The few "draft" reports
>> that I have distributed (published) do not include any Gramps Id's, so
>> these are not really considerations.
>>
>> If I use the GEO Id's, should I change my Gramps ID Format settings? Does
>> it hurt to have a mixture of Id's? I have already manually set up a number
>> of enclosures. Part of me says that it would be less trouble to keep the
>> Gramps Id's but I don't know if there is an advantage to the GEO Id's.
>> Does that make sense?
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Emyoulation--- via Gramps-users <
>> gra...@li...> wrote:
>>
>>> For others not familiar with the gramplet:
>>> This option is in the section labeled  "Result/Edit view". This view
>>> appears after pressing Find button, showing of 10 rows of results.
>>>
>>> https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:PlaceCleanupGramplet#Result.2FEdit_view
>>>
>>> Using the Original Gramps ID is strategic if you have copies of your
>>> tree out with other people doing edits. (Or perhaps you've published your
>>> Tree with the automatically generated Gramps IDs or Custom IDs.)
>>>
>>> When you compare/merge those Revised trees, having the same ID means a
>>> new item won't be added to your Place tree. It might save you from having
>>> to merge duplicate places with different IDs.
>>>
>>> Likewise, if you import data from other people (or files) already using
>>> a GeoNames standard ID, the databases is less likely to add duplicates if
>>> you're already using the the same standard ID naming.
>>>
>>> -Brian
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 12:16, Richard Troxel
>>> <ric...@gm...> wrote:
>>> I have just discovered this Gramplet and can definitely see its
>>> usefulness. I do have a question about certain options that it presents.
>>>
>>> In the WIKI it says,
>>> *ID* field. This field displays the Gramps ID. It cannot be edited.
>>> There is a small Orig checkbox just above this field, if checked, the
>>> Original ID from the place is used instead of the found ID. Note that this
>>> checkbox is disabled if there is no original ID.
>>> What are the pros and cons of using the GEO Id vs the original Gramps
>>> Id? What do you do?
>>>
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